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Leprosy in a Pregnant Woman

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Herein, we describe a case of leprosy in a 29-year-old pregnant southeast-asian woman who presented with joint pain and multiple disseminated erythematous macules, papules and plaques. Histological examination and stains for acid-fast bacilli from skin biopsies substantiated the clinical suspicion of a cutaneous mycobacterial disease and both should be performed in all patients with unidentified skin lesions. The definitive laboratory diagnosis of leprosy was achieved by the application of a species-specific real-time polymerase chain reaction from infected tissue.

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  1. Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 40, 60596, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

    B. K. Böddinghaus, R. Enzensberger, V. Brade & C. M. Brandt

  2. Dept. of Dermatology, University Hospital, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

    R. J. Ludwig & R. Kaufmann

  3. Dept. of Obstetrics, University Hospital, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

    V. Gies

  4. Bernhard-Nocht Institute of Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

    S. Kramme

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  1. B. K. Böddinghaus
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Böddinghaus, B.K., Ludwig, R.J., Kaufmann, R. et al. Leprosy in a Pregnant Woman. Infection 35, 37–39 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-006-5129-1

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